Basic requirements:
- PhD – Early stage PhD (end of 1st year or after)
- MS – Must have completed or close to competing 2nd semester.
- BS – ONLY apply if you in your 4th year.
- Minimum – 20 hour per week availability. Summer full time.
Preferred subject areas:
- Business Management with a concentration
- Technology
- Biotechnology
DO NOT apply through Handshake – apply on our website. The last part of the form is very important if you want to be considered. Be specific and say how your skills apply to us.
About Us
- Vaxa is a strategy consulting with specializations in corporate venturing, corporate venture capital, venture capital and start ups. We assisting companies to identify and pursue new growth markets by creating future foresight, dissecting megatrends, developing alliance ecosystems, and creating investment options and execution options to pursue these growth opportunities.
- Our clients cut across the technology spectrum, include small to large corporations. Our sponsors include corporate strategy including corporate ventures, R&D, and business units.
Given the nature of the strategic work we do, we bring creative and analytical thinking and approaches to deliver strategic options that the clients and others will often miss. In other words, we differentiate ourselves by challenging and stretching conventional wisdom and delivering uncommon results.
The Work
- You will be doing market research incorporating quantitative and qualitative methods to deliver breakthrough insights. Your technical and scientific background will be as important as applying them to real business issues – that is, whatever we deliver needs to be practical and actionable.
- The work is challenging, rewarding and can be a little scary at times, especially when faced with issues you may not have previously experienced.
We work as a team where everyone understands the end objectives so we move forward in step but the same time, ground in the fact we have to create growth options for the clients.
The process
Please be prepared to take on a short project as part of the selection process.